CONDENSED NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 12

CONDENSED NEWS.

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY. In view of the counter attractions on New Year's Day. the organisers of the Lyttelton regatta have decided that it would be advisable to bold the function on Boxing Day this year. Displeasure at the manner in which some of the Timaru hotels have been conducted during the past three the Timaru Licensing Committee at its quarterly meeting, held in the Courthouse. At the annual meeting of the South Canterbury division of the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association held in Timaru last evening. Dr G. H. Ussher (Timaru) was elected president for the ensuing a ear and I>r T> S. Milne (Pleasant Point) vice-lndi‘-ation> have n«*t lK'°n lacking, especially since the collapse of the railway strike this war. that the Alliance* of Labour is not meeting vs itli tin* approval, as a working class organisation. of some of the industrial bodies affiliated with ii. Menders of a portion of one of the largest industrial federations affiliated with tiio alliance are now advocating an inquiry into the causes of the failure of the alliance to act in the interests of ilie working class as a whole. The running of a “ limited ” express between Invercargill and Christchurch was discussed at the Chamber of Commerce executive meeting at Invercargill yesterday. when the general opinion expressed was that the limited '* express would not suitable if it interfered with present arrangements, but would be welcome i:i addition to the present service. A preliminary i i-it -.vas paid to Springfield on Saturday by Mr George Manning on behalf of the W.E.A. students camp to be held there over the Christmas and New Year seas m. Mr* Manning will be in residence at Springfield on December 20 to have everything in readiness for the campers’ entry on Boxing* Day. Tlie subject of stud\ will he “Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism." for which such able an ! well known lecturers Professor -I. Shellev (director). Professor J. B. ( ondliffe. llws A H. Tocki-r. M.A.. .1. Johnson. M A. (Dunedin). I*. M. Laing. M.A.. Harold G. Miller. M.A., and Miss Millicent Jennings have been